Managing Mummy Berry Disease in Blueberries Farm Tour
Thursday, June 5, 2014
2 – 4:30 pm
Alvadore, OR
$5
RSVP required by Tuesday, June 3
with Jen Miller at jmiller@pesticide.org or 208-850-6504
This farm tour is a follow-up field component to our February workshop.
Please join us for the afternoon to learn about managing for mummy berry disease from certified organic blueberry farmer Ken Berg, Oregon State University researcher Jay Pscheidt and graduate student Jade Florence.
Jay Pscheidt and Jade Florence are currently working with NCAP and collaborating growers on a project to improve mulching practices for managing mummy berry.
About the farm:
Ken Berg of Berg’s Certified Organic Blueberries produces blueberries on one acre. The farm has been producing organic blueberries since 1991.
Ken has planted eight cultivars, including Blueray, Chandler, Collins, Darrow, Draper, Liberty,Patriot, and Spartan. The farm is primarily a u-pick operation.
Mummy berry drives many of the management practices on the farm, after major losses occurred in 2010. Ken instituted intensive mulching, involving laying down visqueen and covering with sawdust mulch, as well as other methods to significantly reduce his losses from mummy berry.
The tour will also include information on conservation funding for pest management through NRCS, as well as a new microloan program through USDA Farm Service Agency.
This is an equal opportunity event.
This workshop is based upon work supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under number 69-0436-2-113.
hi Jade, i was unable to drive down to the event at Berg’s farm — will you post info sometime about his techniques and recommendations for suppressing mummy berry? thanks
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